- The chemical reaction is not balanced. There is two oxygens on the reactant's side while there's only one oxygen on the products side.
- I would not say it's following the law of conservation of mass as it's not a balanced equation.
- To balance this equation, you would need to add the coefficient of '2' to Magnesium (Mg) on the reactants side, and add the coefficient of '2' to the products side. This would make it so that there's 2 Mg's and 2 O's on both the reactant's side and products side.
In the presence of a strong electron donor (strong reducing agent), water serves as an oxidizing agent. In the presence of a strong electron acceptor (strong oxidizing agent), water serves as a reducing agent.
On-water reactions are a group of organic reactions that take place as an emulsion in water and have an unusual reaction rate acceleration compared with (i) the same reaction in an organic solvent, or (ii) the corresponding dry media reaction.
Amphoteric nature : Water can act as both acid and base, which means that it is amphoteric in nature.
Hydrolysis reaction : Water has a very strong hydrating tendency due to its dielectric constant. It dissolves many ionic compounds. Some covalent and ionic compounds can be hydrolyzed in water.
Redox reactions : Electropositive elements reduce water to hydrogen molecule. Thus, water is a great source of hydrogen.
